Tag Archives: radio comedy

RTE Radio 1 and Sideline Productions present Comedy Showhouse Waiting by Fiona Looney. An all-female comedy about waiting! Last year WAITING proved such a success that it is now being supersized as a 6-part series recorded over 3 nights starring award-winning actresses: Caitriona Ennis – ISDA Award for Best Actress (2011), nominated …

We are looking for comedy writers! Have you seen this? The chosen writers each receive €250 and the best scripts (4 max) will be recorded live with professional actors. THE 1st EVER IRISH RADIO SITCOM TRIALS If you are serious about writing a sitcom for Irish radio it is a …

RTÉ Radio 1 featured a new episode of Colm O’Regan Wants A World on Monday May 1st at 1:30pm. In 2016 the radio series won the Irish PPI award for Best Radio Comedy as it takes a humorous funny tour around the brain of the top selling writer and performer as he explores one of his …

Colm O’Regan ‘Wants A Word’ is up for a second award. The Celtic Media Festival has just announced that Colm O’Regan ‘Wants A Word’ has been nominated for best Radio Comedy. This show was voted Best Radio Comedy at the prestigious PPI Awards on October 7th 2016 – congrats to everyone …

Sketch group Foil, Arms and Hog were the most watched Irish comedy act of 2016. We sat down with after their performance for RTÉ Radio’s Comedy Showhouse. Hear how they prepped for the live radio show, their favourite radio shows and how they got their name! After that tune into our PODCAST …

Sideline and grintageireland.com have produced the biggest Irish radio comedy series ever commissioned for RTE Radio 1. Comedy Showhouse Hour starts (this) Saturday 27th August at 6pm and runs for 6 weeks. The first season of Comedy Showhouse Hour features 12 new half-hour radio comedies on RTE Radio 1 from the biggest names …

One of the highest paid radio DJs in Ireland, Colm Hayes has announced that he is leaving Irish broadcaster 2FM. And the money is on that his replacement is the one and only Mr. Al Porter. Hayes feels he is too old to be playing the likes of Justin Bieber …

LISTEN HERE!! Thanks to ‘Podcast Adventures’ for tips for submitting scripts for podcast and radio. The full article includes specific tips for submitting to their ‘Sketch Please’ show, and can be found here. Here are some tips and tricks for any prospective sketch writers and NB – these are not hard and fast rules …